拍品专文
The present lot was once part of a series of at least four oval landscapes from 1778 by Hubert Robert that had been separated, were then briefly reunited in the collection of the couturier Jacques Doucet, then once again separated in subsequent sales. The present lot, known as Palais Italien, was paired in the Miallet collection with Drovers and their livestock before a ruined arch and obelisk, a painting signed and dated H.ROBERT./ANNO D/1778, when they were purchased by Doucet, who reunited them with two other ovals from the series. After they were sold in the Doucet sale of 1912, Drovers and their livestock was paired with Figures conversing on a ruined staircase and the two works were sold several times, eventually having been acquired by another celebrated couturier, Karl Lagerfeld. The present lot has been sold individually, and the fourth painting, Intérieur rustique, is now unlocated.
The present painting is datable to 1778 and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Hubert Robert being prepared at the Wildenstein Institute.
The present painting is datable to 1778 and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Hubert Robert being prepared at the Wildenstein Institute.